Little Caesars Pizza Bowl brings Love Kitchen to Mount Pleasant

Central Michigan football players and coaches are going to volunteer time serving pizza to the homeless in Mount Pleasant as part of the Little Caesars Love Kitch, in conjunction with their involvement in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.Courtesy CMU Athletics

DETROIT — The Little Caesars Love Kitchen, a big-rig pizza kitchen on wheels, is traveling to Mount Pleasant as a part of Central Michigan's involvement in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

Volunteers from the local Little Caesars franchises and Central Michigan football players and coaches are working together in the Love Kitchen to provide hot pizza to more than 800 people in need at Mount Pleasant shelters from Dec. 20-21.

“Little Caesars Pizza has a long history of giving back,” said Little Caesars Pizza Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Ed Gleich. “We’re pleased to continue the tradition of bringing the Little Caesars Love Kitchen to the hometowns of our Pizza Bowl teams. The volunteerism of the coaches and players allows us to really make a difference in these communities.”

The Little Caesars Love Kitchen travels across the continental United States and Canada meeting the needs of the hungry, the homeless and disaster survivors. During its two-day visit to Mt. Pleasant, the Love Kitchen will provide meals at the Isabella Community Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen.

The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, featuring the Central Michigan Chippewas and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, takes place Wednesday, Dec. 26 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Ford Field in Detroit.

The Little Caesars Love Kitchen has fed more than two million people in 48 states and four Canadian provinces. It has also responded to disasters such as Hurricane Sandy in Nov., 2012, tornadoes in Indiana and Kentucky in 2012, hurricanes in the Gulf Coast area in 2008 and 2005, the site of the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 and the 1995 Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City.

Local Little Caesars franchise owners and company regional offices donate all food and labor costs for the Love Kitchen servings. An estimated 50,000 Little Caesars franchise owners and employees have volunteered their time over the years to support the program in their local communities.